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Estate gift from KU alumnus, spouse enhances scholarship support for journalism students
LAWRENCE — A $1.36 million gift from the estate of the late University of Kansas alumnus John P. Kaiser and his wife, Mary Kaiser, will provide scholarship support for KU journalism students. The gift will enhance the John P. Kaiser Journalism Scholarship Fund, which the Kaisers established in 2005 with...
North Dakota joins alternate assessment system consortium
LAWRENCE — North Dakota becomes the 17th state to join the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment Consortium (DLM), a multistate initiative developing an instructionally embedded, instructionally relevant, computer-based assessment designed to help students learn. ...
Education dean named to accreditation council
LAWRENCE — Rick Ginsberg, dean of the School of Education, has been named to the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation board of directors. The organization is dedicated to improving teacher preparation through evidence-based accreditation. ...
KPR puts the chill on hot weather with 'Christmas in July' programming
LAWRENCE — The thermometer might say summer, but the classical music will be frosty when Kansas Public Radio chills the airwaves with “Christmas in July.”...
Researcher proposes scientific measures to boost higher education donations
LAWRENCE — People regularly develop lifelong, sentimental connections to their alma maters, and it’s no secret that colleges and universities rely on those feelings to garner financial support from alumni for everything from scholarships to new athletic uniforms. A University of Kansas professor has published research stating that most universities...
International scholars, teachers visiting KU to expand English skills
LAWRENCE — Brazilian English teachers and Fulbright graduate students are on campus this summer to expand their English skills and learn about higher education and American culture. ...
Math department announces award winners
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas mathematics department recognized its undergraduate and graduate students and faculty for outstanding academic and teaching achievements at its 56th annual honors banquet earlier this spring at the KU Adams Alumni Center. ...
Proposal touts savings accounts to ease student debt crisis
LAWRENCE — William Elliott III, assistant professor of social welfare at the University of Kansas, released a report that addresses the student debt crisis by establishing savings accounts for all American children at birth. Elliott, director of the Assets and Education Initiative at KU, based his suggestion on research he...
KU announces May 2013 employees of the month
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has bestowed Employee of the Month honors for May 2013. They are as follows:...
Two visual art students win national award for jewelry design
LAWRENCE — Two graduate students in the University of Kansas School of the Arts have won major national scholarships for jewelry design. Only 11 students nationwide received awards from the organization. ...
KU announces student Fulbright award winners
LAWRENCE — Five University of Kansas students received prestigious Fulbright awards for research, study or English teaching as an assistant abroad for the 2013-14 academic year. ...
Late KUMC dean, husband leave $10M estate gift for scholarships, libraries
LAWRENCE — A $10 million estate gift from Stata Norton Ringle and David Ringle will create scholarships for students in the University of Kansas Medical Center’s School of Health Professions and provide support for libraries at the medical center and on KU’s Lawrence campus. ...
DNA sequencing helps pinpoint new bird species in midst of Asian metropolis
LAWRENCE — Scientists discover precious few new bird species each year — perhaps just a few. So it’s remarkable that bird researchers at the University of Kansas helped discover a bird new to science near Phnom Penh, the densely populated capital of Cambodia. They’ve dubbed it the Cambodian Tailorbird, but it...
Researchers author book chapter on revitalizing Native American languages
LAWRENCE — Around the world, more people are learning to speak English every year. While that may make international communication easier, it has also largely come with the cost of loss of other languages. Linguists have predicted that, without intervention, as many as 90 percent of the nearly 200 native North...
Graduates' Bagging Buddy assists workers with disabilities
LAWRENCE — A new device created by two recent graduates from the University of Kansas School of Engineering is leading to increased satisfaction and productivity for a group of workers at a Lawrence nonprofit organization that provides job opportunities for people with developmental disabilities. ...
Tooth is 'smoking gun' evidence that Tyrannosaurus rex was hunter, killer
LAWRENCE — Tyrannosaurus rex has long been popular with kids and moviemakers as the most notorious, vicious killing machine to roam the planet during the age of the dinosaurs. ...
History professor wins Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award
LAWRENCE — The Hall Center for the Humanities has announced the winner of the 2013 Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award. Jacob Dorman, assistant professor of history at the University of Kansas, won the award for his book, "Chosen People: The Rise of Black Israelite Religions," published by Oxford University Press...
Event will celebrate Bob Dole's 90th birthday
LAWRENCE — The Robert J. Dole Institute at the University of Kansas will host a celebration in honor of former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole’s 90th birthday. The public can stop by between noon to 4:30 p.m. Monday, July 22, for cake, signing a birthday card and family-friendly activities. The event...
Alumna makes $1 million gift commitment for KU
LAWRENCE — Honoring her late husband’s wishes, University of Kansas alumna Barbara Werbe Meek, of Baton Rouge, La., has made a $1 million gift commitment to provide unrestricted support for KU. ...
One University Open Access Fund reactivated for second year
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Jeff Vitter has renewed support for an author’s fund to encourage open access scholarship at KU’s Lawrence campus and the KU Medical Center. ...
Ann Cudd named vice provost, dean of undergraduate studies
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has named Ann Cudd, the associate dean for humanities in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, as new vice provost and dean of undergraduate studies. ...
KU poetry institute invites public to events
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas institute focused on black poetry is hosting public events that will examine the relationship between poetry and culture, both locally and broadly. ...
Jayhawk Motorsports team finishes fourth at competition
LAWRENCE — A solid design and strong performance across the board earned the University of Kansas School of Engineering Formula car team a top five finish at a recent international student design competition. ...
Alaska joins KU-led alternate assessment system consortium
LAWRENCE — Alaska becomes the 16th state to join the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment Consortium, a multistate initiative developing a computer-based assessment designed to more validly measure what students with significant cognitive disabilities know and can do. ...
Med Center faculty selected for Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award
LAWRENCE — Three faculty members at the University of Kansas Medical Center have been selected to receive the 2013 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award, which recognizes outstanding classroom teaching. Winners are selected by a committee of faculty and students. ...
KU receives national fundraising award for second year in a row
LAWRENCE — For the second consecutive year, the University of Kansas has received a prestigious national Educational Fundraising Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). KU was one of only four universities in the nation honored in the category of public research/doctoral institutions with endowments over...
KU research sets record, though federal cuts pose challenges
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas generated a record $275.2 million in externally sponsored research expenditures in 2011-12, demonstrating how KU’s strength as a research university is an asset for the state. ...
University Theatre to present ‘Kiss Me, Kate’
LAWRENCE — The University Theatre will open its 2013-2014 season this month with the staging of the seminal Broadway musical and Tony Award winner “Kiss Me, Kate.”...
Life Span Institute researcher elected to consortium advisory role
LAWRENCE — John Colombo, director of the Life Span Institute and professor of psychology, was voted to join the external advisory committee of the High Risk Baby Siblings Research Consortium by the BSRC committee of principal investigators as a leader in the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience. ...
NASA fellowship will help KU student develop better polar ice radar
LAWRENCE — A three-year, $90,000 NASA fellowship will allow a University of Kansas School of Engineering graduate student to design tools that will help more precisely predict future sea level rise based on the impact of climate change on the polar ice sheets. ...